Construction board game with chance device
OwnerJohn M. Levininventor
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Abstract
A board game includes a board having a playing area to be filled by a plurality of playing pieces. Playing pieces of different geometric configurations are provided, with each geometric configuration being formed of a whole number multiple of a basic geometric shape. At least one indicating means is provided to identify each of the different geometric configurations. The indicating means is actuatable to randomly identify at least one geometric configuration of a playing piece to be placed on the playing area and/or removed from an opponent's playing area, with the geometric configuration being identified as a whole number multiple of the basic geometric shape. A number of embodiments of the above-described board game are part of the present invention as well as methods of playing the board games.
Claims46
A board game to be played by more than one person, the winner of said game being the first person to fill an identified playing area on a board with a plurality of playing pieces, said board game comprising:
- (a) a board having a playing surface with said identified playing area thereon, said playing area being sub-divided into a plurality of identical units, each unit being of a basic geometric shape;
- (b) a plurality of playing pieces of different geometric configurations, each of said geometric configurations being formed of a whole number multiple of said basic geometric shape and at least some of said different configurations being formed of different whole number multiples of said basic geometric shape, at least some of said plurality of playing pieces being receivable on the playing surface for filling said playing area, each playing piece received on the playing surface overlying a number of the identical units equal to the whole number multiple of the basic geometric shape associated with the geometric configuration of said each playing piece;
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- (c) at least one die including a plurality of surfaces, each surface of each die including indicia for identifying a geometric configuration of a playing piece to be placed on the playing area, said indicia being a whole number multiple of said basic geometric shape to thereby identify a geometric configuration, the indicia on each surface of each die identifying a geometric configuration which is different from the geometric configuration identified by the indicia on every other surface of the same die.
A board game to be played by more than one person, the winner of said game being the first person to fill an identified playing area on a board with a plurality of playing pieces, said board game comprising;
- (a) a board having a playing surface with said identified playing area thereon, said playing area being sub-divided into a plurality of identical units, each unit being of a basic geometric shape;
- (b) a plurality of playing pieces of different geometric configurations, each of said geometric configurations being a whole number multiple of said basic geometric shape and at least some of said different configurations being formed of different whole number multiples of said basic geometric shape, at least some of said plurality of playing pieces being receivable on the board for filling said playing area, each playing piece received on the playing surface overlying a number of the identical units equal to the whole number multiple of the basic geometric shape associated with the geometric configuration of said each playing piece;
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- (c) at least one indicating means including indicia for identifying each of said different geometric configurations and being actuatable for randomly identifying at least one geometric configuration of a playing piece to be placed on the playing area, said geometric configuration being identified as a whole number multiple of said basic geometric shape.
A method of playing a board game by at least two players, the object of which is to be the first player to completely fill a playing area on a board with a plurality of playing pieces, including the steps of:
- (a) providing a board having a playing area for each player, each of said playing areas being adapted to be filled by a plurality of playing pieces;
- (b) providing a plurality of playing pieces of different geometric configurations, each of said configurations being a whole number multiple of a basic geometric shape and at least some of said different configurations being formed of different whole number multiples of said basic geometric shape.
- (c) providing at least one indicating means including indicia for identifying each of said different geometric configurations and being actuatable for randomly identifying at least one geometric configuration;
- the game being played by each player:
- actuating said indicating means for randomly identifying one or more geometric configurations in the form of a specific whole number multiple of said basic geometric shape;
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- placing playing pieces having randomly identified geometric configurations on the player's playing area until said player's playing area is filled by playing pieces.
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